SPOLIERIFIC COMMENTS: I hate to say I told you so, but I totally called the Elle/Sylar romance last week. Hello Sylar baby momma. I like them together. Now if they’ll only start working for the RIGHT SIDE! I think that they will redeem each other and then get the hell out of Pinehearst and back to Primatech

Not sure how I feel about 10 year old Hiro yet. Sure, it’s a convenient way to recapture some of the character’s adorable 1st season enthusiasm, but it’s a bit transparent. I also didn’t totally get how that happened. I will be rewatching the whole thing today as popapathy missed it last night and I want to watch with him.

NBC’s 2 Minute Replay of the 111708 Heroes Episode - It’s Coming

I’m warming to a depowered Peter. He’s a heroic enough character that a lack of flashy powers isn’t going to stop him. It doesn’t stop Batman, Robin or Captain America. I’d like to see him show more ingenuity though - there can’t ALWAYS be a handy exposed pipe full of flammable gas. I do hope the coming eclipse does give him a new powerset though.

Also did anyone else notice that Peter now has futurePeter’s scar?!?!? He got it when Sylar telekinetically tossed him out the window after Arthur stole his powers. One mystery solved!

And the full episode via hulu…

I hope we get more info on Sylar’s power - it seems like they are beginning to suggest that the various forms of power mimicry that we have seen (Peter Petrelli - empathy absorbtion, Sylar - creepy brain fiddling, and Arthur Petrelli - power stealing) may in fact be different aspects of the same power. Arthur seems to have a better understanding of the “hunger” that accompanies Sylar’s power than Sylar does. And how is that possible unless they have the same power?

It makes sense when you look at Matt’s dad Maury and the evolution we’ve seen of their telepathic abilities. As they grow stonger and more confident in their abilities, their skill increases as well. I bet Sylar will eventually be able to steal powers just like his dear old biodad.

Rainbow was a Sesame Street style British children’s tv series which aired twice weekly from 1972 to 1992

In 1979, the cast and crew of Rainbow made a special exclusive sketch for the internal Thames TV staff Christmas tape (not to be broadcast) featuring plenty of deliberate adult humor. The episode was never shown at the time, but became famous after being aired on Victor Lewis-Smith’s Channel 4 programme TV Offal (1997) and was jokingly referred to as “the pilot episode”

Here it is for your viewing pleasure…

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Melissa Etheridge and her partner beam their opinion to the Oprah Winfrey Show. Thanks Oprah! Stand your ground Melissa! - I’d like to see you take that not paying taxes thing to the test - wish I had the ball to do that - but I wouldn’t last 2 minutes in prison, so I’ll probably keep paying despite the lack of equal rights. Now if there were a few million of us telling them to screw themselves and pay for their own shit, I might be bolder…

This is the 3rd time I’ve recreated this post due to the server induced technical difficulties - let’s hope it stays this time.

SPOILERIFIC OBSERVATIONS: OK, who ELSE thinks that Elle is gonna wind up as Sylar’s future baby momma? After what we saw on Monday, we now know that Elle probably blames herself for the monster that Sylar became. He sought redemption - even attempted suicide rather than kill again, but she set him back on the murderous path. If he is ever able to defeat the beast within, I’m sure she’ll be there for him. It takes a redeemed sociopath to love a redeemed sociopath.

If they introduce another new character who can paint the future, he should wear full body armor and a protective helmet - seems to be a doomed powerset.

TWO-MINUTE REPLAY

I don’t get the low ratings this season. There were many things wrong with season 2… too many characters, slow pacing, Maya’s and Hiro’s subtitled storylines (just weren’t as compelling as Hiro’s introduction in season 1) and most of all the big climactic event they were trying to stop was avoided by not dropping something. Talk about anti-climactic! Thus far, Volume Three: Villains has masterfully avoided all those pitfalls and yet all people and critics can do is complain!!!

November 10th Villains was an intriguing peek into the past of Heroes, exposing previously unrevealed connections and motivations between significant events. I know retconned stories often seem forced, and the timeline does seem a bight tight at times, but all-in-all I found the revelations to be both fascinating and major eye-openers.

It seems that some are determined to bitch about the show no matter how good the episodes get. Newsarama posted a whiney post-game bitchfest after Mondays show that was a nitpicky rant complaining about Clair being related to eleven characters (Petrelli grandparents, bio-dad Nathan, bio-uncle Peter, two half-siblings via Nathan, bio-mom Meredith, her bio-uncle Flint, her adoptive brother, and her adoptive parents) and the timeline being off.

The only explanation I can find for the low ratings is that many of the people who jumped on the Heroes bandwagon first season were lemmings who stopped watching mid-way through season 2 and didn’t return for season 3. The rest of the dropped viewers just didn’t care enough about the show after the long writers strike. Firing the writers who not only were very instrumental in Heroes initial success but also who have been delivering a fantastic season is both unfair and unwise and will do nothing to bring back the lost viewers.

FULL EPISODE LINK

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But I wish Whoopi had at least one informed person on stage to talk to about Proposition 8. Barbara Walters (who is just to damned old to be on our side - what is she 190?), Sherri Shepherd (googling her name with the word stupid” gives you 125,000 results) and evil Stepford bible thumper Elisabeth Hasselbeck all sound like they have sucked down a lot of Mormon kool-aid. I wonder how differently this would have gone if Joy Behar was present?

The embedable video is “no longer available” but there is a linkable version here

Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the wording of the CA Supreme Court’s ruling allowing Gay Marriage specify that they meant legal weddings, not church weddings. If that is the case all this talk of priests being jailed for refusing to perform gay marriages is just so much scare tactics bullshit.

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The fact that with Elle’s Dad dead, the closest thing she has to a friend is Clair is soooo sad. Also whose bright idea was it to bring an out-of-control electric girl on an airplane (where they don’t even want you to turn on a cell phone or an IPOD). Both of them should have known better.

I hope this doesn’t end up with UBER Arthur Petrelli vs a bunch of depowered Heroes, but Arthur Petrelli vs a buch of REpowered Heroes might be interesting.

First here are 4 video clips from Monday Nights episode… (I’m not going to spoil my night, but you can if you want).

In Week 4 of CBR’s Behind the Eclipse, Readers ask all kinds of questions, and occasionally get answers.

This week people with inquiring minds what to know… Why did Peter have to be taught to use Sylar’s power? Can Daphne do everything the Flash can? Do Peter and Sylar have the same daddy? When did Maury escape from level 5? Were DL’s powers synthetic too? What powers does Arthur Petrelli have? Wat is i about Sylar’s power that drives Sylar/Peter to kill? We have seen eight of the twelve escaped villains (Stephen, Doyle, Echo, Knox, Maury, the German, Flint, Jesse), will the other four villains still appear this season? How did Pinehurst gather the Level 5 escapees so fast? Will we find out what happened to the warp guy? Can Angela dream normally? Will we see a musical episode? (no) and of course… Mr. Muggles and Sylar’s son Noah, who was the greater power?

Want to know the answers and read more questions?

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OK with all fairness I must admit I’m a white boy raised in Nebraska in the 70’s-80s. But what I’ve seen of this show is just plain funny. And not Wayne Brady funny. Its not QUITE Dave Chapelle either, but then again hopefully David Allen Grier may not disappear practically without a trace after a few HYSTERICALLY successful seasons and a conspiracy from the highest powers of entertainment and politics.

Yes I carry a grudge against Dave Chapelle for wimping out. His humor challenged the world. I hope to eventually see a new season of the Chapelle Show. But until then dilute the concept with a touch of the daily show and watch Chocolate News.

In subject matter the shows are unrelated. My Comparison is more about point-of-view and the irreverent tone, albeit scaled-down.

I KNEW Ando wasn’t dead. Hiro did just as I suspected, switching the sword for a fake. I though he’d come from a few minutes in the future to do it, but I always forget the freeze time part of his powers. So Papa Petrelli is a power-sucker… I didn’t get what he did to Adam Munroe

When I heard all the bravado about Sarah Palin bravely going on SNL I thought she might ACTUALLY participate in something rather than walk through the set and stand by as somone else mocks her. I’m not sure what exactly this was supposed to accomplish. I think she just can’t turn down a shot a network TV. She did stay until the end, but only showed up in 2 sketches and didn’t really do much in them. At the curtain call, she didn’t get as many hugs as the rest of the cast for some reason.

Also - here is the third Installment of CBR’s Behind the Eclipse. In which viewers ask producers the following questions and more… Some even get answered!

Will we ever see Matt’s child again? If Sylar lost most his powers, whose painting power was future Sylar using? How did Daphne know when Hiro was going to open the safe? What is Pinehearst Research? Do deleted scenes count? Who resurrected Nathan? Is Isaac’s Father alive? Who is older, Peter or Syler? Or are they twins? With Sylar’s ability, can Peter now study his own mind and unlock all the dormant abilities he hasn’t used yet? Will Sylar’s baby momma be revealed? We we ever see a flashback episode of the original Company members in action? And finally, should they have just let Peter blow up New York in season 1? Read and find out!

ANDO CAN”T BE DEAD!!!! Hiro MUST do a Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure style abuse of the timestream by visiting himself and Ando, swapping the sword for an elaborate prop and giving Ando a bloodbag to pop.

And if you already watched the complete episode, be sure to check out Newsarama’s Spoilerific Post game on the episode

if you haven’t watched the complete episode, then watch it embedded below or fullscreen here

via CBR, Newsarama, NBC and Hulu

The guys and gals at SNL have brought their political A game once again. Why can’t their regular sketches be this funny!!! I would LOVE to see a weekly weekend update in primetime. But to make that possible someone must clone Tina Fey. Anyone have a petrie dish and some of her DNA?

Wow! Quite an episode! Didn’t see Peter getting Sylar’s power or the resulting conflagration. Future Peter was worried about ripples in the past, well past Peter is making ripples in the future. His decisions will make that future into a super-powered hell on earth. NBC seems to be having technical difficulties with embedding the 2-minute replay, but here is the whole episode!

A heroic soul like Peter with Sylar’s powers and hunger… I think this season is REALLY going places. I figured about Matt and Daphne getting together but for some reason was surprised by Nathan and Tracy. Bad news for those of you who didn’t like the “girl with powers falls in love with flying guy who makes her feel less freakish” storyline last season might wanna go refill the popcorn when you see Tracy and Nathan. Who WAS the mother of Sylars little boy? Why didn’t Peter just telekinetically remove the bullet from Future Peter’s head? Wouldn’t he heal if it was taken out?

Also check out Behind the Eclipse Week 2 where CBR asks the following Questions of Heroes producers…

Is there more to Claire’s origins? What happened to Maury Parkman? How many Tracy Strauss’s are there? Can Peter mimic mimicked abilities? Does H.G.R. drink decaf? Was company founder Carlos Mendez Isaac’s dad? Why wasn’t Clair’s mom affected by the lack of oxygen in the metal crate? Does Adam have any children? Why do we keep seeing future visions of Clair in a past costume (the Odessa cheerleader outfit)? Are there power dampeners on Level 5? Will they ever reveal Kaito’s powers? Why does Sylar still have his telekinesis if he lost his other Volume 1 abilities?

via NBC, CBR

Tina Fey continues to do God’s work by lampooning Sarah Palin for her old cronies at SNL. The Palin sketches just keep getting better and this weeks Veep debate between “Sarah Palin” and “Joe Biden” is brilliant by any standards. As much as I enjoy these skits, I’ll be happier when there is no longer a need for them. Watch and enjoy!

Watch it fullscreen at hulu.com

Log Cabin Republicans, I hope you were paying attention. Palin made it clear that she “tolerates” Gays. But if we get too uppity and start acting like we’re as good as Straights, she served notice last night that she’ll quickly put us back in our place. She will oppose our interests in order to “protect” her Straight marriage from us.

If anyone had any doubts that Governor Palin is a bigot, she laid them to rest when Biden announced how happy he was that she supports Gay rights just like him! Biden was overjoyed to hear that Palin doesn’t just tolerate people who, in her own words from an earlier Couric interview, “choose” same-sex orientation. By pushing her freshly-spoken words of tolerance into something with a bit more substance, Biden dared her to give America some Straight talk in support of the LGBTQ community.

Biden’s challenged Palin to go beyond tolerating us and begin speaking out in our favor, as a proper vice president in 2008 should. When the moderator asked point-blank if she would champion Gay rights, Palin flat skirted the issue. She simply repeated her opposition to same-sex marriage.

***TRANSCRIPT***

IFILL: The next round of — pardon me, the next round of questions starts with you, Sen. Biden. Do you support, as they do in Alaska, granting same-sex benefits to couples?

BIDEN: Absolutely. Do I support granting same-sex benefits? Absolutely positively. Look, in an Obama-Biden administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple.

The fact of the matter is that under the Constitution we should be granted — same-sex couples should be able to have visitation rights in the hospitals, joint ownership of property, life insurance policies, et cetera. That’s only fair.

It’s what the Constitution calls for. And so we do support it. We do support making sure that committed couples in a same-sex marriage are guaranteed the same constitutional benefits as it relates to their property rights, their rights of visitation, their rights to insurance, their rights of ownership as heterosexual couples do.

IFILL: Governor, would you support expanding that beyond Alaska to the rest of the nation?

PALIN: Well, not if it goes closer and closer towards redefining the traditional definition of marriage between one man and one woman. And unfortunately that’s sometimes where those steps lead.

But I also want to clarify, if there’s any kind of suggestion at all from my answer that I would be anything but tolerant of adults in America choosing their partners, choosing relationships that they deem best for themselves, you know, I am tolerant and I have a very diverse family and group of friends and even within that group you would see some who may not agree with me on this issue, some very dear friends who don’t agree with me on this issue.

But in that tolerance also, no one would ever propose, not in a McCain-Palin administration, to do anything to prohibit, say, visitations in a hospital or contracts being signed, negotiated between parties.

But I will tell Americans straight up that I don’t support defining marriage as anything but between one man and one woman, and I think through nuances we can go round and round about what that actually means.

But I’m being as straight up with Americans as I can in my non- support for anything but a traditional definition of marriage.

IFILL: Let’s try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay marriage?

BIDEN: No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that. That is basically the decision to be able to be able to be left to faiths and people who practice their faiths the determination what you call it.

The bottom line though is, and I’m glad to hear the governor, I take her at her word, obviously, that she think there should be no civil rights distinction, none whatsoever, between a committed gay couple and a committed heterosexual couple. If that’s the case, we really don’t have a difference.

IFILL: Is that what your said?

PALIN: Your question to him was whether he supported gay marriage and my answer is the same as his and it is that I do not.

IFILL: Wonderful. You agree. On that note, let’s move to foreign policy.

And here is the 2008 Vice-Presidential Debate in its entirety…

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CBR has sat down a few times with Milo Ventimiglia - Heroes adorable power-mimic Peter Petrelli! He may not be a superhero, but he plays one on TV and that’s good enough for me. He comments on everything from acting with himself to… future Sylar?

On Set with Milo Ventimiglia, Part I
On Set with Milo Ventimiglia, Part II
On Set with Milo Ventimiglia, Part III

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This season, ComicBookResources welcomes us to BEHIND THE ECLIPSE. A weekly Q&A feature where Heroes writers/producers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coliete answer questions sent in by you the viewer about all things “Heroes.” This week’s BTE covers questions raised by the first few episodes of the hit NBC show, entitled “Heroes Volume Thee: Villains.” Send your own questions to heroes@comicbookresources.com

Questions answered include: How many episodes have been produced? What is Heroes: Volume 4 called? Whats up with the Heroes we haven’t seen this season? Can we look forward to more awesome special FX like Daphne’s speedstream? Why was future Hiro still wearing his glasses? Powers… product of blood, brain or adrenaline? What can Claire feel? Can she be killed? Does Sylar eat brains? How dead is Bob? Are the futures we’ve seen this season all the same future? Does Sylar still have all his powers? Is Mohinder the Fly? Why did future Claire think a gun could kill future Peter? Who is Susan Amman? and of course the one question on EVERYONE’s mind… What is future Mr. Muggles up to?

Red the answers to these questions and more at BEHIND THE ECLIPSE.

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Newsarama’s review of “One of Us One of Them”

CBR sat down with Masi Oka, a.k.a. Hiro Nakamura to ask him about what the future holds for the new season of “Heroes,” his new speedster Nemesis Daphne and how to deal with your best friend killing you with powers he doesn’t have. Read all about it!

PLUS here is the 2 minute replay of the September 29th episode - “One of Us One of Them” (click link for full synopsis)

Great episode… The reaction of doc that “Tracy Strauss” tracked down switched my question from “how is Tracy related to Niki?” to “how many of her are there out there?” When Micah found a link, I thought TRIPLETS! But if Niki was engineered, there could be dozens of her… All with different powers?

I do have one problem with Sylar as H.R.G.’s partner. Haven’t they ever read a comic where a villain is conscripted to help with a bigger evil? You ALWAYS wire them with some kind of device that will kill or incapacitate them if out of control (a la Mystique and Sabertooth’s Forge-forged collars in the old X-Factor). Nothing stops Sylar from killing H.R.G. but the desire to please his new “mommy.” I’m surprised he didn’t “save” the villains just to get them alone for all their powers. This mad dog needs a leash.

Another question… does Sylar need a LIVE person to learn their powers? Could he cut open Niki’s dead head and learn super strength? Or does he need to observe the living brain?

Thoughts? Theories? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

via CBR and NBC

Here are some screen shots from Monday night’s episode of Heroes, titled “One of Us one of Them” that showed up this morning on Comics Continuum. Check out their site for more images. Below the images are links to 4 teaser clips from the episode that showed up on CBR this week. ENJOY!

Here is the synopsis/teaser for Monday night’s episode… I would summarize - but I don’t want to actually read it - just cutting and pasting it for those who do.

WHEN FOUR VILLAINS LAY SIEGE TO A BANK, ANGELA (CRISTINE ROSE) SENDS H.R.G. (JACK COLEMAN) AND HER DANGEROUS, NEW WALKING WEAPON IN AFTER THEM — When four ruthless, powerful Villains — “Knox” (guest star Jaime Hector), Flint (guest star Blake Shields), The German (guest star Ken Lally) and Jesse (guest star Francis Capra) — bust into a bank and take hostages, Angela (Cristine Rose) sends H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) and his shocking, new empowered partner in after them. Determined to derail a cataclysmic future, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) must first find what he lost along the way. Meanwhile, Hiro (Masi Oka) and Ando (James Kyson Lee) track Daphne (guest star Brea Grant) and part of “the formula” to Germany, but run afoul of The Haitian (guest star Jimmy Jean-Louis). Horrified by her ability, Tracy Strauss (Ali Larter) leaves Washington, D.C. to search for answers about Niki. A distraught Claire (Hayden Panettiere) asks Meredith (guest star Jessalyn Gilsig) to teach her how to fight. As his romance with Maya (Dania Ramirez) intensifies, Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) finds himself unprepared when his experiment yields some unexpected results. Adrian Pasdar, Greg Grunberg and Zachary Quinto star. Randall Bentley, Ashley Crow, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ronald Guttman and Ntare Mwine guest star.

via ComicsContinuum and CBR

Join Claire, Sylar, Hiro, Suresh, Maya and Mr Muggles in this hilarious spoof of Season 3…

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